{"id":80,"date":"2013-02-14T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=80"},"modified":"2013-02-14T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:31:40","slug":"international-release-for-south-african-feature-film-angus-buchans-ordinary-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/international-release-for-south-african-feature-film-angus-buchans-ordinary-people\/","title":{"rendered":"International Release For South African Feature Film Angus Buchan&#8217;s Ordinary People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The locally produced feature film Angus Buchan\u2019s Ordinary People is set for a worldwide release in March through Sony Pictures International. The film will be releases in Canada on 11<sup>th<\/sup> March followed by theatrical releases in the US, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux countries on 18<sup>th<\/sup> March.\u00a0 It will also be available on DVD and VOD.<\/p>\n<p>Angus Buchan\u2019s Ordinary People is based on true life events of three individuals who experienced the life-changing effects of Angus Buchan\u2019s ministry. The film was produced by Johannesburg-based F.C. Hamman Films and Spotlight Entertainment. The film was released in South Africa in 2012 and was well received by cinema audiences. Director F.C. Hamman attributes the success of the film to the universal nature of the story and the search for enlightenment and spiritual fulfilment.\u00a0 \u201cThe film deals with the very real impact that the ministry of Angus Buchan has had on the lives of the three people depicted in the film.\u00a0 They are stories that uplift and inspire\u201d says Hamman.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers were determined that the film should be able to travel and hoped to take it to an international audience.\u00a0 Following its theatrical release Angus Buchan\u2019s Ordinary People had a very successful DVD release with over 50 000 units being sold. It also topped the DVD best seller lists for some time.<\/p>\n<p>The international release was made possible by Ster Kinekor Entertainment\u2019s CEO Mario dos Santos who sent the film\u2019s trailer to executives at Sony Pictures International in Los Angeles. \u201cThis opened the door for me to talk to Rich Peluso of Sony Pictures International Acquisitions who liked the film and offered us an international deal,\u201d comments dos Santos. \u201cHopefully this will open the door for other local productions. It also demonstrates that by finding our own style and telling our own stories we can create films that will travel\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The locally produced feature film Angus Buchan\u2019s Ordinary People is set for a worldwide release in March through Sony Pictures International. The film will be releases in Canada on 11th March followed by theatrical releases in the US, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux countries on 18th March.\u00a0 It will also be available on DVD&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/international-release-for-south-african-feature-film-angus-buchans-ordinary-people\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Release For South African Feature Film Angus Buchan&#8217;s Ordinary People<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}